Metering apparatus



Dec. 12, 1933. M ELL, 1,938,621

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Patented Dec. 12 1933 a 1,938,621 7 iym'rnmnc APPAR S) Mead- Cornell San Francisco} cuuqjmgnurto *f I The Merrillcompany; San Franclseo, .CaliL, a e corporationot-fcalilomia ,1; i

Application tra s t, 192 jseri ui'vt. 522,725 a cm. (01. 221-101 Thisn'inve'ntion relates generally to apparatus 5 1 mr discharginz ,Ql'i, delivering predetermined fluidh Such apparatuses can be i measured quantities 10f oil tori otherliquid.

. Apparatusesof the above character commonlyc .--utilize a suitable-fluid metering device, which "imparts motion .toaL-mechanic'al member-in proportion to the rate-oi now-or; fluid. Flow of fluid thru the metering device is controlled by, a'valve initiated'to open position manually. :By

-. means of a mechanical--interconnecti0n between the meteringxdevice and theqvalve, thevalve automatically quantityof' fluid has been:delivered. In ordergispssociated. jThe metering device is provided closed after t -'-'a ,predetermined 1 adjusting means generally? provided {so that; the quantity 1 v'ariedjto suit different requirements and condiof fluid-to be-""dispensedcan r-tionsLj Adjustments provided. on v prior appar relatively'crude adjustmeutsirequently required the attention of a highly skilled workman.

close limits; which can be readily manipul ated by an: ordinary. workman, :andwhich n will; be,

' means-in a metering yapparatusoi the; above a character wherebyiinjury 'to the-,movinnparts of simple in construction"and reliable:in operation.

It is a furtherpbjectoi the inventionto devise the metering device diieto sudden-interruption; or the How of fluid is obviated, and whieh will-r secure ahrelatively sharp cutvofi-of Quidat a 4o point of delivery ,remote from the metering v V c Figs l, 2 and ,3.

device:

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' ing head in transverse cross mounted upon a suitable metering-1 1 with-gear 31, andengagesa gear 33, the mount- "1 Referring-to the drawings: -14 Figure 1 is a plan view; illustratin incorporating. F elis a a incorporated in my v apparatus, the 'uppenpor- I tion of the measuring head casing otheras-vil seeme parts device.

ig-41 s a a ab ia l thevabove invention."

'ew of vthemeasuring head beingremovedto disclose the gear a side elevational view-of my mew-.1

section, the" head.

sidef'elevatlonalview; partly in 1- 1,753,552; giving good results Extending from oneend of the casing device there is a shaft 18 suitable means suchas by screws and the entire 1 train consists of apinion 27 mounted upon shaft along y 0 withan inflow pipe connection 12 and an out- 7 flow pipe connect'ionlb} Interposed in themflow pipe connection 12 there a va1ve14 which is initiatedruanually to openposition, as will be presently explained. Connected with the outflow pipe connection 13 there is a cfluidpressure V operated valve 1e. The'metering'"'devic'e 10, as shown in sideelevationiin Fig'. 3; can be of any suitable type, the one shown inc ny Patent No.

whichrotates: iniaccordance with flowof fluid; I

v Aswill be presently explained, in operating the apparatusvalve 14 is initiated. manually to open position and a fluid flow occursthr'u the metering device 10p to rotate shaft 18. Valve 16 opens automatically by fluidpressure to permit'pdis charge-or delivery of the fluid. According to the settingpf adjustable head 11, after a predetermined amountofrotation of shait 18 has'occurred, valve 14 is automatically; tripped to closed position, and interruption of the flow of fluid is. imme diately followed by automatic closureQot-valvelii. n v T detailedconstruction of the. adjustable head llcan best be understood by reference tov structure consists of a 21 formed of upper andv lower. parts 22 and 23. ,These partsare clamped together by easing 'isin turn mounted upon the housing ofv metering device 10 by suitable means. Posi r tioned within casing21 there is a gear train 28 operatively connected with shaft 18. This gear a 18, and which engages rotatable gear 28. Pinvion 29 rotates togetherwith gear 28, and engages another: gearslt; Pinion 32 is; rotatable together ing of which'wi ll be. presently explained. Ob-

'tion 43 can be disengaged from disc 38- to permitspect to the casing and with respect to opening."

34. A disc 38 is disposed within opening 34 and is superposed upon gear 33. Bothgesx 33 and disc 38 are mounted to rotate aboutstud 37,- and these parts are connected together so that rotation of gear 33 carries with it disc 38. Disc 38 is provided with a toothed or notched peripheral portion 39 for a purpose which will be presently explained.

Journaled upon and extending outwardly from stud 3'7 adjacent the outer face of disc 39 there is a trip arm or lever 41. Carried by arm 41 there is a spring pressed locking plunger 42 having a p0rtion43 capable of efl'ecting locking engagement with the toothed portion 39 ofv disc 38. By lifting'knob 44 or plunger 42, porarm 41 to swing independently of the disc.

Mounted upon the peripheral portion of casing 21 there is a stop 46 which can be adiust- V Vertically movable valve member 77, connected tothe. lower end of a stem 78, .is adaptedto cooperate "with seat 76. A fitting 79 is threaded into casing 74 and carries a depending tube ably positioned at various points about the periphery of the casing. A suitable construction-- for this adjustable stopis illustrated in Fig.6.

Thus in this instance the stop consists of an L-shaped member 47 provided withaportion 48 arranged between the outer periphery of disc 38 and the adjacent inner edge of the upper casing part 22. Member 47 carries manually "engage able screw 49, the innerend of which'engages a* thrust block 51. Upon tightening screw 49, the

"stop 46 is' securely clamped to the-casing; and when screw '49 is loosened, the stop can be 'ad--' justed to any desired position about stud'37.- It

may be explained at this point that stop46 is within the path of movement of arm41. In

order to facilitate locating stop 48 at any desired position; the upper face of the casing is preferably provided with suitable graduations 52. These graduations can be in anyunits desired, as for example in U. S. gallons.

A desirable formofvalve 14 is illustrated in' detail in- Fig. 5. In this instance *it is of the [globe or poppet type having a stem 54 reciprocable toopen or close the valve. To form a suit-- able mechanism for effecting actuation of stem connected to the upper end of stem 5 4by' pivot pin 62. Slotted member 63, mounted upon and extending upwardly from bracket56, forms a guide for lever 59. A tensioned spring 64, connected between the lever 59 andbracket 56, serves to normally biaslever 59 towards lowered position and to therefore bias stem '54 towards lowered 'or closed position; To provide toggle means connecting pins 53 and 62, 'twopairs of links 66 and 6'1 are provided. The lower ends of links 66 are pivotally connected to bracket 56 by pin 58 and the upper ends of links 6'7 are pivotally connected to pin62'. The adjacent ends of: the links .are pivotally Pin 68. Pin 68 has projecting portions 69 as shown.

in Fig. 1. In the position of lever 59 shown in to a discharge or delivery'spout 73 connection-Hand spout 73-, and therefore fluid can be delivered only when valve 16 is .open. A desirable construction for valve 16 is shown 'in;Fig.-.4.- 'Inthis instance it consists of a casing tween portion 82 and member -88. Thusbelow Fig. 5 thevalve is in open position, and the toggle formed by links 66 and 67 is set. Upon movement of pin 68 to the right as shown in Fig. 5, the toggle formed by links 66 and 67 is broken, and lever 59 is permitted'to move downwardly under the tension of spring 64 to immediately close the valve. V

Referring to. Fig. 1, when valve 14 is operatively positioned with respect to the adjustable head structure 11, pin portion 69 is in the ,in a-clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1 by rotation of'maft 18, it is apparent that as the outer end portion 71 of arm 41 engages pin 69, it will cause'valve 14 to be tripped to closed The outflow pipe connection 13 is generally m delivering the measured quantity of fluid,

asfor-example to deliver adeflnitequantity ofoil to a container. Fluid pressure operated valve 16'is interposed between the.outflow pipe '74 provided with an annular valve seat. 76.

81 for guiding stem 78. Fitting 79 has a portion 62 of enlarged diameter, the upper side of which is secured a dome-shaped closuremember '83. Flexible diaphragm 64 extends in a generalplane at right angles to the axisof stem 78, and has its peripheral portion clamped bep diaphragm '84 there is formed a fluid pressure chamber 96, which is in communication with the inflow side of valve casing '74, by way of ports 67;. 'Washers 89 and 92; fixed to stem 78, serve to connect-the stem to the central portion of diatowards closed position by the compression "spring 91. ii

v The upper portion 92 of stem "78 extends above diaphragm 84 thru the dome shaped closure member- 83; A further bias is placed upon stem "'78, towards either one of two positions past a dead center position, by. tension spring 94 operating thru toggle means. Thus a blocir 961s secured to stem portion 92, and outwardly extending links 97 havetheir inner, ,endspivoany connected with this block. Pivot pins 98 downwardly against the tension of springs '94, it

passes the dead center position beyond which it is: biased downwardly by tension of spring 94.

,a; knob pi, threaded upon the upper end 6: rod

92 permits manual manipulation of the valve. The valve of Fig. 4 operates as follows:

Assuming that fluid pressure is imposed upon the inflow side of the valve casing 74, this fluid pressure is transmitted to chamber 96 thru ports 87, thus causing the center of the diaphragm 84 to be forced upwardly. Upward movement of this diaphragm carries with it stem '78 thru open valve member '77. Stem '78 is also moved upwardly beyond dead center position with respect to toggle levers 97, so that spring 94 tends to retain the valve in full open position. It may be explained at this point that while springs 94 oppose the tension of compression spring 91 when the valve is in open position, the upward holding component created by springs 94 and the associated linkage mechanism is slightly less than the force created by spring 91 tending to close the valve. However the upward component created by spring 94 is suflicient to positively retain the valve in open position for a wide fluctuation of pressures upon the inflow side of the valve. When the pressure upon the inflow side of the valve falls to substantially atmospheric, spring 91 closes valve member 77, and the final closing movement is made more positive by the tension of springs 91, which at this time are creating a component tending to close the valve. The valve which has just been described is far more desirable in my apparatus than a single check valve operating by fluid pressure, as it insures a positive and accurate cut-ofl, and will not flutter during a measuring operation. Thus it makes possible a more accurate delivery of a measured quantity of liquid where the liquid is delivered thru a hose or outflow pipe to a point remote from the remainder of the apparatus. 7

Operation of the entire apparatus will be apparent from the preceding description. If it is desired to deliver certain quantities of liquid, as for example 20 gallons for each cycle of operation, stop 46 is set by reference to graduations 52. Arm 41 is then manually released from disc 38, by lifting knob 44, and rotated in a counterclockwise direction until it abuts stop 46. Assuming that the inflow pipe connection 12 extends to a source of liquid under pressure from which a measured quantity is to be removed, lever 59 is raised to open valve 14 and permit the liquid to flow thru the metering device 10. Trip arm 41 immediately begins to rotate slowly in a clockwise direction, by virtue of rotation of shaft 18. As liquid is delivered to valve 16, this valve opens automatically to permit the liquid to be delivered thru spout 73. After a predetermined amount of liquid has passed thru the metering device 10, lever 41 has rotated sufliciently far to engage projecting portion 69 of pin 68, thus causing valve 14 to be automatically trippedto closed position, to interrupt further flow of liquid. The pressure upon the inflow side of valve 16 immediately falls and this valve closes automatically to eflect a positive and sharp cutoff of the liquid flow to the spout 73. If the next quantity of liquid to be discharged is to be of the same volume, lever 41 is reset against stop 46, and lever 59 again depressed. If the operator wishes to insure proper accuracy, it is obvious that the temperature of the liquid being dispensed must be taken into account. For example if it is desired to fill each of a great number of containers with the same quantity of oil or other liquid, the operator first sets stop 46 according to graduations 52, and

then a quantity of liquid according to this setting is dispensed. This quantity is'weighed and if it shows a deficiency or excess due to improper setting of stop .46 or due to temperature conditions, a slight compensating adjustment of stop 46 is made. If the compensating adjustment has been proper, the successive quantities of liquid dispensed will be accurately measured.

I claim:

1. In a fluid metering apparatus, an annular casing, gearing disposed within said casing and adapted to be connected to a'metering device, a rotatable disc disposed adjacent one side of the casing and adapted to be driven by the gearing, a lever pivotally secured to the center of the disc; said disc having a serrated edge, a plunger mounted upon the lever and adapted to 'releasably engage said edge of the disc, and

an adjustable stop mounted upon said casing,

said stop being within the path of movement of the lever.

2. In a fluid metering apparatus, a metering device having its inflow side connected to a source of liquid under pressure, valve means for controlling flow of liquid thru said device, means for causing said device to automatically close said valve after a predetermined quantity of liquid has passed thru the'device, and a fluid pressure operated valve connected to the out-, flow side of said device, said last mentioned valve including a valve member movable between 7 open and closed positions, and means for biasing said member toward both open and closed positions from an intermediate position.

MEAD CORNELL. 

